Lazy or Grumpy?

What do you think? Mama didn't have a clue...

Hari Raya Monday

It's been some time since we've last had a monday as a public holiday, Auntie Ronnie and Uncle Victor came to our place for some tennis game again...this time round, Gwendolyn got to take part as well...Uncle Victor took a short while to be her coach, volleying with her in front of the net...Lyn Lyn managed to catch a few balls...not bad!

Auntie Ronnie helping Lyn Lyn to pick up the balls

What about Geraldine? She was not privileged to go to the tennis courts to play, as she was still asleep when Papa, Mama and jie jie went to the court. She only managed to take part in the Wii game and to play her favourite "chupa chup" arrangement at home...

Note: After the tennis game, Papa had a serious back pain and ended up at NUH A&E that night...what a terrible A&E experience...waited for 5-6 hours just to kill off the pain...

Lyn Lyn, Eat

After dinner, Mama prepared fruits for the sisters...Strawberry for Geraldine and grapes for Gwendolyn. Somehow, Geraldine was a little bored with her strawberries and have started eyeing on Lyn Lyn's grapes...not to eat, but to pluck. She was amazed to see that grapes were attached to something, where in grandma's place, all the grapes have been removed from the stalk, ready for immediate consumption. Finding this new thing...Geraldine started digging into the container and plucking the grapes from the stalk and push them into Lyn Lyn's mouth, saying "Lyn Lyn, Eat!", pushing each and every grape, one after another, into Lyn Lyn's mouth. Mama couldn't stop laughing...as on the one hand, it's such a nice gesture that Geraldine makes sure that Lyn Lyn is eating her fruits. However, Geraldine can be quite demanding sometimes, forcing people to do things that she wants, not allowing the other person to stop doing that thing at all, unless some notice has been given. It's so funny...

Trip to Cold Storage (without Lyn Lyn)

Gwendolyn was t00 tired after the morning swim and fell asleep, "hibernating"...Papa and Mama have decided to cook dinner at home and brought Geraldine to the Jelita Cold Storage, where they have the kid's trolley for the kids to use. This time, without Lyn Lyn's intervention, Geraldine had the trolley all by herself...she was cruising happily on her own!

After the pushing...Geraldine was so tired...she asked Mama for "der der" and curled up her legs to enjoy her water...just look at how she positioned her feet...she really knows how to enjoy life!

I Only Want My Swimming Costume!!!

Gwendolyn has swimming lesson every sunday morning and usually, Geraldine will join jie jie after waking up from her long sleep. This special sunday, as Geraldine was not very well, having some cough and runny nose, Mama tried avoiding her from thinking about going to the pool. But, being a stubborn little one, she insisted...how did she? She refused to get change into any other clothings/costumes, except her swimming costume...Mama wondered how she knew it was Sunday, as she didn't see Lyn Lyn change and head down to the swimming pool...Anyways...Mama had no choice, but to get her to change into her swimming costume...not to the pool, but to feed the fishes. Mama brought bread along and let her feed the fish by herself...she's actually doing quite well...after feeding, on the way home, she insisted that Mama bring her to the pool to find Jie Jie...and guess what? Without a single question...she requested Papa to bring her down and play in the pool...

After the short 10 minute session, she was all happy and smiled at Mama to say "pay pay, der der" (which means play play water)! She was contented to be bathed and change into her normal clothings...

Results From Comex

The annual Comex show will attract a lof of IT followers, do really splurge on the IT sector. So happen this year, Mama needs to but a netbook and Papa wanted to buy another DVD recorder for her mobile arrangements. In the end, we rushed there and stayed for like 1 and a half hours, trying to finish buying everything before Geraldine wakes up from her nap...we managed quite well, as we've bought all the things that we've planned to buy and everyone is happy : Lyn Lyn's DVD player, Big monitor for Lyn Lyn's laptop, Mama's netbook, and even a new DVD player which has a USB port, which is supposed to be able to play "downloaded" shows directly from an external device on the TV. Sounds good, but hasn't tried yet. Just a snapshot of the few things that we've bought!

Whilst Papa and Mama were trying to open the boxes and setup all the necessary, Geraldine was posing at the kiddy sofa...she looks so "mature" and tall in this sofa and posture!

Day Trip to Malacca

1 September is a designated Teacher's Day in Singapore and most of the pre-schools are closed. Papa and Mama took leave to be with Gwendolyn and have decided to do something different...instead of wandering around the shopping centres wasting money, we've agreed to make a day trip to Malacca. Not too far away, about 2-3 hours from Singapore, depending on the traffic. Since we are going to Malaysia, we agreed that it is not appropriate to bring Geraldine along, due to the fact that it's a long car ride and the hygiene condition, she is to stay at grandma's place with maid jie jie for the day! We set off by packing our essential items: cold drinks, tidbits, portable DVD, etc etc...

Unfortunately, the weather was not perfect. It was drizzling when we arrived :( Less than perfect, but surprisingly, the town was very quiet, Mama would have thought that some Singaporean parents would have taken leave for some short trips as well. First stop is our lunch stop : Chicken Ball Ball Rice, something special in Malacca! Initially, Papa and Mama wanted to go back to the "original" chicken ball ball rice, which they have tried before. However, there were so many new ones that looks so attractive, we've decided to try one with "choi-san's" face, as a recommended location...but that was the worst mistake, as the food does not live up to standard...

We ordered chicken (misture of white and roasted), 10 pieces of "ball ball rice", beansprouts and asam fish...all were disappointing, except for the condition of the beansprouts~! We swear we've never seen such short and fat beansprout before...that was an interesting one. Other than that, the food was horrible...

At the back of this restaurant, it had a little exhibition on China Qing history (weird...can't understand why this historical display was up in a Malaysian restaurant. anyway), with costume rental for photo taking. However, since this is a weekday and no one was manning the "site", Lyn Lyn just put on the costumes and tool a couple of pictures to pretend to be a Qing dynasty princess! Her modern look betrayed her, as she didn't look as "cute" as wearing her original Hellot Kitty outfit!

After the not-so-impressive meal, we went for some typical sightseeing : the infamous red church, the windmill, the "river", which are places that you must take picture at, to proof that you have really been to Malacca!

Since we don't think Lyn Lyn would understand the special war sites and why Malacca managed to qualify as an UNESCO World Heritage site, We've decided to drop the idea of visiting the "museums", war sites, etc and jumped striaight into the big shopping complex! Lyn Lyn had the most, as she bought a pretty dress, which is half of what we would pay in Singapore, some towel sets, snacks, etc. All Malaysia trips will not be complete, until we've purchased the handy-pack of Lyn Lyn's milk. This time round, Papa and Mama grabbed 10 boxes and that was truly value-for-money!

The shopping was rather short, as we still need to drive back to JB for Bah Kut Teh and return to Singapore, to prepare for work and school the following day! As expected, Lyn Lyn fell asleep on the return trip and almost skipped dinner. Luckily, she managed to wake up and tasted this special Bah Kut Teh that we liked!

It was such a tiring trip, espcially for Papa, as he was the sole driver along the way. But Papa and Mama are very sure that Lyn Lyn had the best Teacher's Day ever!